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At Christ Community Church (C3 Memphis) we are seeking to form followers in the way of Jesus so the fame and deeds of God are repeated in our time. We meet on Sunday mornings at 10:15AM. For more information you can go to c3memphis.orgCopyright 2017 . All rights reserved. Espiritualidad
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  • The Imago Dei | Genesis 1:26, Romans 12:6 | Rainey Segars

    The Imago Dei | Genesis 1:26, Romans 12:6 | Rainey Segars
    Oct 6 2025
    Introduction – When People Don’t Approve of You Rainey began her message with a story from her college years — a painful and funny one about rejection. She told how she dated a grad student named Noah who was brilliant, popular, and part of an elite, intellectual friend group. When she went to dinner to meet his friends, she knew she was being evaluated — an “audition dinner.” When asked about Kant’s Critique of Judgment, all she could say was, “I think Kant is really good. Art also, very good. So to sum up, I am pro.” It didn’t go well. Shortly after, Noah broke up with her, saying she “wasn’t smart enough” and that she’d be more comfortable with someone “her speed.” It was humiliating. She had been evaluated and found lacking. Rainey then drew the connection: this kind of rejection happens to all of us. We don’t always fit in. Sometimes we’re not chosen, we’re overlooked, or we’re compared unfavorably to others — the sibling the parents brag about, the colleague the students prefer, the church that people leave for. She said, “There’s no use pretending everyone will love you. That’s not true. The Gospel has to be good news even when people don’t like us.” If our sense of worth depends on impressing others, we become weak, reactive, and easily crushed. To show how dangerous this is, Rainey turned to Scripture. ⸻ 1. The Danger of Insecurity (Matthew 14:1–11) She read the story of Herod and John the Baptist: “Herod was greatly distressed, but because of his oath and his dinner guests, he ordered that John be beheaded…” (Matthew 14:9) Rainey highlighted that Herod didn’t kill John out of hatred. He killed him out of insecurity. He wanted to look strong in front of his guests. He cared more about their approval than what was right. She said, “If Herod hadn’t been so desperate for them to think he was strong, he’d have been free to ask, ‘What is right?’ Instead, he asked, ‘What do they want to see?’” That’s what insecurity does. When we tie our worth to others’ opinions, we become unable to do what’s right. We can only do what others want to see. It’s a position of terrible weakness. Then she brought it home: “If I link my worth to your approval, I can’t be a person who obeys God. I can only be a person who performs for you.” That’s why we need good news for the insecure heart. ⸻ 2. Imago Dei – You Are Made in the Image of God Rainey’s first idea for finding freedom from insecurity is the biblical truth of the Imago Dei — that every person is made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). She described how all beauty and goodness in creation point to God: “The heavens declare the glory of God; day after day they pour forth speech.” – Psalm 19:1–2 Mountains, oceans, sunsets — they all reflect something of His glory. But humans are unique because we don’t just reflect His glory — we resemble Him. She said, “God used His own fingers to carve the lines of your face. He held your cheeks and said, ‘Yes, that’s just right.’” We are designed to show the world something of what God is like — each of us in a slightly different way. To despise yourself or wish to be someone else is to insult the Artist who made you. “The one who carved your bones is not wishing you were more like your sister.” It’s beneath your dignity, Rainey said, to let your worth swing back and forth with every opinion. Your worth is not determined by the crowd — it’s anchored in the Creator. Then she turned to the Third Commandment, often translated “Do not take the Lord’s name in vain.” She explained that the Hebrew verb nasa means “to carry.” So the command really says: “Do not carry the name of the Lord your God in vain.” (Exodus 20:7) In other words: “You carry My name. Represent Me well.” If we treat people as though they don’t matter, we misrepresent the God who made them. When we devalue others, we carry His name badly — we show the world a false picture of Him. So, what are we called to show the world? Rainey told the story of Hagar in Genesis 16 — an abused, pregnant, runaway slave who meets God in the desert. God sees her, comforts her, and promises a future. In response, she names Him: “You are El Roi — the God Who Sees Me.” And Rainey said, “That’s who He still is. To people no one else sees, He is the God who sees.” That’s our calling as image bearers: not to impress others, but to see others as He does. The highest calling is not to be admired — it’s to notice the forgotten, to look into someone’s eyes and say with our presence, ‘God has not forgotten you.’ When we do that — whether as a doctor, teacher, parent, or neighbor — we reveal the God who sees. That’s the stable foundation of our worth: not impressing people, but bearing His image. ⸻ 3. The Gospel According to You Rainey’s second major idea was that God isn’t wishing you were more ...
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  • He is Good | Power in Prayer | Mark 11:20-25 | Coleton Segars

    He is Good | Power in Prayer | Mark 11:20-25 | Coleton Segars
    Sep 28 2025

    Coleton began with a story about accidentally cutting himself with his dad’s pocketknife. Just like with the knife, he wants to handle this text carefully because it’s often misunderstood—either leading people to miss out on what Jesus promises or to become disillusioned when prayer doesn’t seem to work. ⸻ 1. What Is Jesus Actually Saying? • Jesus says: “Truly I tell you…” — a phrase He uses in other places where the words were fulfilled literally (Peter’s denial, eternal life, heaven and earth passing away). • Therefore, we should not reinterpret His words about prayer and mountains to mean something symbolic. • Jesus also says “anyone” and “whatever you ask,” which expands the promise beyond just the disciples. • The phrase “moving mountains” was a common Jewish saying about impossible tasks, showing Jesus meant bold prayers that seem impossible. Quote: • “Moving mountains” became a figure of speech for a task that was considered virtually impossible. — Background Commentary ⸻ 2. How Did the Disciples Respond? • The disciples didn’t reinterpret Jesus—they prayed boldly in Acts. • They spoke directly to mountains (sickness, persecution, demons, even death) and God responded powerfully. • Examples: Acts 3 (healing), Acts 9 (raising Tabitha), Acts 16 (casting out spirits), James 5 (prayer of faith heals the sick). • The evidence shows they took Jesus at His word and practiced it literally. ⸻ 3. Why Don’t We Experience This Today? • Many don’t expect God to act powerfully anymore because: • Lack of faith (James 4:2) • Selfish motives (James 4:3) • Broken relationships (1 Peter 3:7) • Cherishing sin (Psalm 66:18–19) • Lack of persistence (Luke 18) • We’ve been taught to reinterpret Jesus, so our expectation for prayer is low. • Doubt is a major barrier: doubting that prayer works, that God hears us, or that He will act. Quote: • “Two thousand years of exegesis have successfully explained away texts like these… They have awkwardly suppressed the fact that the Bible clearly presents healing and miracles as something Jesus and the early church practiced and expected…” — Ulrich Luz, paraphrased by Frederick Dale Bruner ⸻ 4. How Do We Grow in Faith for Prayer? • Fight doubt by deepening trust in God’s character through Scripture and prayer. • Ask God to increase your faith. • Surround yourself with people of strong faith. • Read accounts of powerful prayer in history. (Great book: E.M. Bounds —On Prayer) • Seek God’s will for what you’re praying—He will reveal it. ⸻ 5. Don’t Settle for Less • Jesus gave His life to give us access to God in prayer—why would He do this if our prayers were powerless? • Don’t reinterpret Jesus’ words to fit your experience. Instead, pursue the experience Jesus promised. • There is real power in prayer when we remove hindrances, pray in faith, and seek God’s will. Discussion Questions: 1. What stood out to you from Sundays message? 2. How does looking at the way the disciples prayed in the book of Acts shape your confidence in Jesus’ words about prayer? 3. Of the hindrances to prayer which do you most relate to? Why? 4. Do you think doubt is a bigger struggle with God’s ability or His willingness? 5. Who in your life strengthens your faith when you struggle with doubt?
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  • He is Good | The Tree, the Temple, & the Curse | Mark 11:12-21 | Coleton Segars

    He is Good | The Tree, the Temple, & the Curse | Mark 11:12-21 | Coleton Segars
    Sep 22 2025
    Coleton walked through Mark 11:12–21 in a “documentary style,” scene by scene, showing how Jesus’ actions with the fig tree and temple symbolized God’s judgment on empty religion and pointed toward Jesus as the true and better temple. 1. The Fig Tree: Looks Alive but is Diseased • Jesus curses the fig tree not because He expected fruit out of season, but because fig trees always produced early figs (paggim) before leaves. • A leafy fig tree without fruit symbolized decay and disease. • The fig tree was a living parable: Israel (and the temple) looked full of life, but inside was barren and corrupt. Author Quotes: • James Edwards: “Once a fig tree is in leaf one therefore expects to find branches loaded with paggim in various stages of maturation. This is implied in verse 13…” (Pillar New Testament Commentary). • Tim Keller: “Growth without fruit was a sign of decay. Jesus is simply pronouncing that such is the case here.” (Jesus the King). • Hosea 9:10: “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree.” ⸻ 2. The Temple: Corruption in the House of God • The temple was busy with sacrifices and money changing, looking religiously alive, but it was full of corruption and exploitation. • The Court of the Gentiles (where nations could worship) had been turned into a marketplace, blocking people from encountering God. • Jesus overturns tables, declaring the temple a “den of robbers.” • The fig tree mirrors the temple: full of activity but fruitless in righteousness. Author Quotes: • William Lane: “The sale of animals in the Temple forecourt was an innovation of recent date and was introduced by the High Priest, Caiaphas in A.D. 30…” • James Edwards: “The leafy fig tree, with all its promise of fruit, is as deceptive as the temple, which, despite its religious activity, is really an outlaws’ hideout…” ⸻ 3. The Withered Tree: The Old System Passing Away • The next day the fig tree is withered to its roots, symbolizing the end of the temple system. • Jesus’ death and the tearing of the temple curtain marked the new way of access to God—through Christ alone. • Jesus has done what the temple never could: provide full forgiveness of sins and direct access to God. Author Quote: • James Edwards: “The fig tree thus symbolizes the temple: as the means of approach to God, the temple is fundamentally—‘from the roots’—replaced by Jesus as the center of Israel.” ⸻ 4. Jesus Reverses the Curse • In Genesis 3, Adam was cursed by a tree and covered his shame with fig leaves. • In Mark 11, Jesus curses the fig tree, showing He will reverse the curse. • On the cross, Jesus covers our shame with His blood. Author Quote: • Cyril of Jerusalem: “In this way the curse laid upon Adam and Eve was being reversed.” (Catechetical Lectures 13.18). ⸻ 5. Application for Us Today Coleton gave two warnings and one encouragement: 1. Beware of being a leafy tree without fruit. • Religious activity without true spiritual fruit is empty. • Genuine faith in Christ produces fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, etc.). 2. Beware of becoming a corrupt temple. • Just like the priests rationalized sin, we often say: “I know what God says, but…” • Our bodies are now temples of the Holy Spirit, and corruption comes when we disobey God’s Word while justifying our choices. 3. Give Jesus access and authority over every area of life. • Don’t hold back hidden areas. • Through Adam came death, but through Christ comes life in all its fullness. • He wants to bring blessing and restoration wherever sin once ruled. Author Quote: • 2 Corinthians 5:17: “If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old has gone, the new is here.” ⸻ Discussion Questions 1. What does the story of the fig tree teach us about the difference between appearance and reality in our spiritual lives? 2. How can we tell if we are producing real spiritual fruit and not just leaves? 3. In what ways might the modern church (or our personal lives) look like the temple—busy, impressive, but lacking true worship? 4. Why is it easy to rationalize sin with “I know God says, but…”? How do we guard against that? 5. What are the “hidden markets” in your life—areas you’ve not surrendered to Jesus’ ...
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